The Bruinou Podcast Episode 3 - with Wesley Pepper - Beyond Labels: Art as a Calling

In The Bruinou Podcast Episode 3 we meet Wesley Pepper and go Beyond Labels to discuss Art as a Calling, Isolation, and Ancestral Footprints

Ryan Swano 24 October 2026, 10:56

What happens when creativity, identity and belonging don’t fit neatly into the boxes people hand you?

Beyond Labels: Art, Isolation, and Ancestral Footprints with Wesley Pepper

In Episode 3 of The Bruinou Podcast, Robyn & Candice sit down with artist, entrepreneur and podcaster Wesley Pepper for a conversation about art as a calling, finding your people, navigating the creative world as a Brown artist, Pan-African identity, technology, AI and the stories we’re expected to tell about ourselves.

It’s thoughtful, challenging, funny in places and properly Wesley – no neat little answers, just plenty to think about.

Then come back and tell us:
What part of Wesley Pepper’s story stayed with you?

About The Bruinou Podcast

First came Bruinou.com, then we brought you Bruinou TV.
Now it is our pleasure to introduce you to The Bruinou Podcast.

Bruinou.com and Bruinou TV have been creating space for Coloured South African voices, culture, creativity and community for years. Today, we’re proud to be working alongside sisters Robyn & Candice as collaborators and partners in their new creation, The Bruinou Podcast.

Presented and produced by Robyn in Birmingham, UK & Candice in Johannesburg, RSA, the podcast builds on that connection in a new way: through conversations that preserve our stories, memories, experiences and the legacies we leave behind.
Co-creator of The Bruinou Podcast, Candice Klein-Mutendi is also a content contributor on our website.